Project Manager - Fiscal Governance & Controls

Signet Jewelers•Akron, OH

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Project Manager – Financial Governance & Portfolio Controls will partner with the Director of Portfolio Management, Unified Commerce Solutions, to lead, execute, and monitor the portfolio’s multifaceted financial, reporting, and budgetary needs. This individual will serve as the primary financial liaison for the Unified Commerce Solutions IT portfolio, IT leadership, and cross-functional partners, enforcing disciplined financial governance, forecasting, and portfolio control processes. Embedded across programs, product teams, and project management activities, this role will maintain a strong pulse on budget-to-actual performance, labor utilization, vendor spend, and overall financial health while enhancing reporting and visibility across the broader portfolio. Combining advanced project management capabilities with strong financial acumen, the Project Manager III will drive forecast integrity, variance management, labor validation, vendor accountability, and executive reporting across the Unified Commerce Solutions portfolio. This position reports to the Director of Portfolio Management, Unified Commerce Solutions.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, IT, Project Management, or a related field.
8+ years of project finance, accounting, portfolio controls, or IT project management experience.
Demonstrated experience managing project and portfolio finances, including capital and expense budgets, forecasting, accruals, variance analysis, resource planning, and vendor spend across multiple initiatives simultaneously
Experience with capital and expense budgeting, vendor management, and labor validation.
Advanced Excel and reporting skills
Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
Experience in project management, from conception to delivery.

Nice To Haves

Certifications a plus.
PMP or similar preferred
SAP, Sharepoint, Jira and Workday experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead the development, maintenance, and delivery of accurate capital and expense forecasts, budgets, accruals, and cash flow projections across assigned initiatives, with a target of maintaining portfolio forecast accuracy of 95% or greater.
Establish strong partnerships with Project Managers, Delivery Leads, and leadership to ensure forecasting, resource management, and estimates-to-actuals are treated as living, continuously managed disciplines rather than periodic reporting activities.
Drive disciplined financial governance by monitoring budget-to-actual performance, identifying and explaining variances, implementing corrective actions, and ensuring timely decisions and escalations to leadership.
Create and maintain executive dashboards, financial models, and portfolio-level reports that provide clear visibility into forecasts, actuals, resource utilization, contingency usage, and funding requirements.
Develop and maintain the portfolio Financial Governance SharePoint site and related tools to centralize reporting, governance artifacts, metrics, and actionable insights.
Conduct weekly audits of internal labor reporting and validate resource allocations in partnership with Delivery Leads to ensure accurate time charging and alignment with planned work.
Review, challenge, and validate vendor forecasts, invoices, statements of work, contracts, and accruals, holding vendor partners accountable to established forecasting and financial governance standards.
Coordinate financial and project governance activities using SAP, Jira, and the Atlassian suite of tools, ensuring accurate and timely reporting and alignment with approved budgets and plans.
Lead monthly financial governance meetings and oversee follow-up actions, presenting concise financial insights, risks, decisions, and cost analyses to portfolio leadership.
Lead quarterly financial reviews with Portfolio Leadership, Finance, and executive stakeholders to assess forecast accuracy, spending trends, funding requirements, and corrective actions, and support annual planning and year-end reforecast activities as needed.
Partner with Finance, Accounting, Portfolio Directors, and other IT portfolios to align estimates, forecasts, actuals, and schedule data, and serve as the primary liaison for portfolio financial matters.
Identify opportunities for cost optimization, process improvement, and enhanced financial controls, including recommendations related to staffing plans, contractor conversions, and contingency management.
Independently manage portfolio initiatives and project efforts as needed, applying strong project management discipline to deliver results on time, within budget, and at the required level of quality.
Contribute as a subject matter expert to the governance processes, change control procedures, training materials, and reporting standards to strengthen accountability, visibility, and disciplined execution across the Unified Commerce Solutions portfolio.